US Bioservices, a pharmacy interlocking company, is piloting an RFID-based family inventory management program to monitor the use of drugs in hemophilia patients at home. The system uses a built-in passive UHF RFID reefer to track stored and used medications in real time to prevent overuse or expiration of the drug while helping healthcare providers understand the patient's condition. The technology is provided by AmerisourceBergen, the parent company of US Bioservices.
US Bioservices provides patient support services, including specialty medicines and clinical care. Hemophilia patients are one of his clients. People with hemophilia usually live a normal life, but they need medication to prevent it or to treat it if it can cause bleeding. Usually, they need to carry these drugs with them in case they need them.
Medical services, drug providers use RFID technology to track hemophilia drugs
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Like other drugs, hemophilia drugs are expensive and have a shelf life. According to Kevin James, vice president of strategy at US Bioservices, these drugs also need to be stored refrigerated. Therefore, drug tracking is very important. Patients often store drugs in household refrigerators, which are easily lost and expired.
MedImpact Healthcare Systems is a pharmacy management company that provides drug delivery services to patient health insurance companies. The system being tested is part of the company's pharmacy distribution service.
In this pilot, patients used the AmerisourceBergen myCubixx reefer and used cloud software to manage the RFID data of the reefer. US Bioservices, MedImpact, patient and healthcare providers can access this data. A total of more than a dozen patients installed this refrigerator at home. The device measures 1.8 cubic feet and can hold up to one month of medicine. The device has a built-in computer, ThingMagic M6e RFID reader module and antenna.
A UHF RFID tag is attached to each drug bottle supplied to the patient and encoded with a unique ID number. The label was affixed in a pharmacy at US Bioservices. This ID number is stored in the US Bioservices software and is bundled with drug information (including quantity, shelf life and temperature storage requirements).
When the drug is placed in the freezer, the reader automatically reads the tag and transmits the data over the cellular network to the software on the cloud server. The software will then automatically associate the drug with the user information. This allows patients, providers, and pharmacies to view stored requirements and their expiration dates.
The refrigerating unit is equipped with a touch screen. The patient needs to enter a password on the screen and enter the reason for opening according to the interface prompt to unlock. The interface also prompts the user to select the site of the injury, the location where the bleeding may occur, and the pain scale. After the drug is removed, the system will recognize the removal of the drug based on the ID number.
The software will read every time the drug is removed. When the drug is returned to the freezer, the data will be updated again. The system will know when the drug is removed and when it is exposed to room temperature.
The system is designed to help US Bioservices and MedImpact understand when patients need to replenish their medications. These data will help analyze whether there are enough medications on the patient's hands and remind them.
The pilot began in July of this year and will be evaluated for six months before it is officially used. Participants will assess ROI based on the reduction in drug expiration risk and inventory reduction.
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